Chapter 5. The final chapter. Or so I think. Please review.
Like the wind she felt the room, leaving a very confused Professor Vector behind, down the stairs, passed the great hall and down even more stairs. She finally reached the dungeon, half-running through the corridors. Snape's office door was open. Quintessa could feel her heart beating twice as fast as normal. She stopped in the doorway, starring into the darken room. In the corner she could see him standing by the bed in nothing else but his black pants. He lifted his head and his coal black eyes landed on her. Quintessa licked her lips playfully, leaning towards the door. One of the straps on her dress fell off her shoulder. For a moment he stood watching her like a statue. There was absolute a sexual tense between them. Draco suddenly appeared behind her, looking in. Quintessa pushed him away, entered the door and closed the door behind her. The only light in the room came from a small candle light on the desk. Quintessa carefully seated herself on his bed. She clapped on the black silk quilt cover. He sat down beside her, starring continuously in into her eyes. She leaned forwards, stopping only a few inches from his face. He raised his hand and stroked her cheek. His cold hand wasn't longer unpleasant. She felt a sudden need to kiss him. Her lips meet his lips. The warmth from hers warm up his. She closed her eyes and whispered into his ear: "This will be a night to remember, I'm sure. And when we're done tell me if it's better then any of your potions". She opened her eyes again, but not to find Severus the way she left him. He had drawn back and covered his body with the quilt cover. "I don't know what spell you had me under, but I can assure you it will never happen again. I never thought you would sink that low professor Sinistra. I should have known better." Quintessa didn't really pay attention to what he said. She kept moving towards him, laying her hand on his leg. Severus pushed it off quickly. "I advise you to return to your astronomy tower immediately." Quintessa felt like all the happiness inside her died, like if she had been kissed by a dementor. She closed her eyes and shook her head. When she opened them again and drew back, starring at Severus with her eyes wide open. "Oh no, not you again. How did I get here? Stay away from me!" Severus didn't seem the least surprised. "If you don't want to be near me professor, maybe you shouldn't visit my office so often. Just a… friendly piece of advise." Quintessa stormed out, heading towards the astronomy tower, once again half-running. When she finally reached the North tower she closed the door and locket it. She sat down on the couch trying to remember what happened. She remembered sitting on the bed talking to Victoria. The it all went kind of black. The next thing she remembered was that she was sitting on Snape's bed. The good thing was that Severus seemed to be himself again. What happened just before it blackened for her? Victoria was saying something about checking the stars, because that was what she did in her astronomy lessons. Suddenly she realized it. Quintessa wasn't dumb, she used to be a Ravenclaw after all. It was those words. When Severus had turned into what ever it was you could call it, a love-sick bat for example, Quintessa had said to him that he was the potions master. Astronomy, potions! What they taught. What Magical Margus had asked them. He used those two words when he hypnotized them. That meant… they were still under the spell. Quintessa shook her head in despair. What if they ended up together, both under the spell, with nobody to stop them? Then they would… They would… Have sex. No she couldn't allow it. She had to find this Margus and make him lift the spell. It was the only way.
The streets of London were covered in thick snow. There was hardly anyone outside walking in the stormy weather on such a cold winter evening. Quintessa dragged her feet through her snow heading towards the muggle café Margus had attended to earlier that year. When she finally arrived he had left, but the owner gave her a phone number. She thanked and headed towards Hogwarts again. An hour later she was inside the warm castle, grinning from ear to ear because she was going to lift the curse. When she sat down in the great hall she discovered that there was only two small problems. What was a phone and how did it work?
Like anybody would have done she visited Dumbledore. His office was filled with the usual things, most off them like nothing Quintessa had ever seen before. She starred at a strange thing lying on the desk. It looked like a small metal guitar or something without strings. She couldn't figure out what it was. "Quintessa." Dumbledore entered the room, a smile placed upon his face as usual. "Dumbledore." She greeted him. "Pardon me for asking, but what is it?" She pointed on the metal instrument. "A cheese slicer." Dumbledore replied with a smirk. "Imported form Norway. A genial invention." She picked up the cheese and the cheese slicer, studying them closely. "How does it work?" She asked, looking up at Dumbledore's friendly face. He glared back at her from behind his half-moon glasses. "That I do not know yet. But if I'm not mistaken that is not the reason you are here, is it?" Quintessa put them down again and decided to take up the real reason she was there. "No, I was actually wondering if you knew what a phone is and how it works." Albus' silver white beard moved slightly as he smiled. "I think the one you should be talking to is Professor Snape, considering that your present muggle studies teacher isn't present at the time." Quintessa felt nervous but didn't want to tell Albus the reason why she didn't want to ask Severus. And so she thanked him and heading towards the dungeons.
"Professor Snape?" Quintessa knocked on the door carefully. She could hear voices from within. The door opened and Victoria stepped outside. Without a word she just smiled at Quintessa before leaving. "Come in." Quintessa was distracted by Snape's dark voice. Nervously she stepped inside the room. "Close the door behind you and sit down when you're done." She obeyed him. As she seated herself in a chair next to his desk he avoided eye contact. "Look at me." He ordered her. She lifted her head and their eyes met. His face was emotionless and cold. He didn't speak, and neither did she. Both of them waiting for the other one to begin. "Why was Victoria here?" Quintessa finally asked. "Is that why you're here?" He asked, raising his left eyebrow. "No, not actually." She replied, running a hand through her fuzzy hair. "Can we get this over with?" Severus' voice gave Quintessa the expression that he was bored with her. "Actually I wanted to talk to you about what the muggles call a phone." Severus starred at her with his emotionless face. "Are you making fun of me? Don't you think I have better things to do?" Quintessa shook her head quickly. "No I'm not. I'm sure brewing potions is much more…" When she realized what she had just said she stopped speaking, looking up at him. His face wasn't as emotionless as before. "You look tired, Quintessa." 'His voice was soft and friendly again, something that didn't suit him at all. "Why don't you lay down on the couch and I'll take your astronomy lessons for you?" The same sudden warmth as before rushed through her body. Severus stretched out a hand and she welcomed it. Slowly they laid down on the bed, Severus on top of Quintessa. Their lips met. Suddenly she felt his tongue brake through her lips and into her mouth. She closed her arms around him, dragging him towards her. He placed his hand on one of her breasts, messaging it softly. She started unzipping his pants, leading her hand down towards what it was hiding. Outside the door stood a smiling professor Victoria who had just been inside the office telling Snape about the curse, and how Margus had contacted her to tell her the curse had been lifted
The ending might be hard to understand, so for those of you who didn't understand I'll explain it to you: Victoria told Severus about the curse and that is HAD been lifted BEFORE Quintessa entered the office in the end. Quintessa thought they were still under the curse and so she acted the way she did. Severus, who clearly wanted to make love to Quintessa, knew all about it and acted so she would go to bed with him. Ergo: To act like Severus and Quintessa did when they were hypnotized the first time you have to have feelings for each other. That was why they acted as they did in the end. They both wanted it, and finally they had an excuse. Stupid? Perhaps. ;)